Ajay Kumar Garg is a talented artist from Jaipur, India who is deaf. As a child, he was gifted a paint set by his father which revealed his artistic talent. He was later trained in the traditional art of miniature painting by artist Asha Devi. Ajay mastered the techniques and his work was exhibited and sold successfully. He received national recognition from the Indian president for his accomplishments and continues to teach others while pursuing his goal of revitalizing miniature painting.
Ajay Kumar Garg is a talented artist from Jaipur, India who is deaf. As a child, he was gifted a paint set by his father which revealed his artistic talent. He was later trained in the traditional art of miniature painting by artist Asha Devi. Ajay mastered the techniques and his work was exhibited and sold successfully. He received national recognition from the Indian president for his accomplishments and continues to teach others while pursuing his goal of revitalizing miniature painting.
Ajay Kumar Garg is a talented artist from Jaipur, India who is deaf. As a child, he was gifted a paint set by his father which revealed his artistic talent. He was later trained in the traditional art of miniature painting by artist Asha Devi. Ajay mastered the techniques and his work was exhibited and sold successfully. He received national recognition from the Indian president for his accomplishments and continues to teach others while pursuing his goal of revitalizing miniature painting.
Ajay Kumar Garg is a talented artist from Jaipur, India who is deaf. As a child, he was gifted a paint set by his father which revealed his artistic talent. He was later trained in the traditional art of miniature painting by artist Asha Devi. Ajay mastered the techniques and his work was exhibited and sold successfully. He received national recognition from the Indian president for his accomplishments and continues to teach others while pursuing his goal of revitalizing miniature painting.
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Ajay kumar Garg
Impairment( deaf) Talent (painting)
Life of Ajay kumar Garg Jaipur Childhood days Father’s gift to Ajay- paint set Ajay Kumar Garg, is a very talented young artist. He lives in Jaipur, India. His childhood was going well, until he suffered an injury at the age of three. Ajay was treated, but that treatment left him permanently deaf. His parents tried several hospitals to cure his impairment, but it didn't cure him.
His father, once bought him a paint set to play. Ajay
started to paint happily. He painted on the walls, floors etc. He looked happy, while using the paint set that was gifted to him. Soon, Ajay’s father realised that Ajay was talented in painting. When Ajay was five years old, a court artist of Dholpur (Rajasthan), Shri Sua Lal saw his painting and was very impressed with his work. He then took Ajay and started training him. After completing his education, Ajay tried tailoring but, that didn’t make him happy so he went back to painting. He became an apprentice of Asha Devi. She taught Ajay the old and dying technique of 'Traditional Indian Miniature Painting'. Miniature painting : Miniature painting Miniature painting, also called (16th–17th century) limning, small, finely wrought portrait executed on vellum, prepared card, copper, or ivory. The name is derived from the minium, or red lead, used by the medieval illuminators. He mastered the technique of Miniature art materials preparing colors and brushes and gained knowledge of the paintings. Soon he became an accomplished artist in the miniature style. He uses a magnifying glass and a single- haired brush for miniature paintings that depict Indian culture. Ajay is gifted in the practice of creating images on a grain of rice.
Art in rice grains Ajay exhibited his work and sold 144 out of the 150 paintings displayed. He continued to show his work throughout India, the United States and the United Kingdom. In 2004, Ajay was awarded a national award of accomplishment from the Indian President, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. Apart from painting, Ajay is also very actively involved in the welfare of people with hearing impairment in India and has been the executive member of the 'Deaf & Dumb Association' in Rajasthan. He also gives free training to hearing impaired children in Jaipur as well as children in an orphanage in Gandhi Nagar, Jaipur. One of Ajay’s current goals is to revitalise the dying art of traditional miniature Indian paintings. Ajay’s life shows us that we can turn our hobby or passion into a successful career, if we are ready to learn and develop our skills. Impairment -Disability
Miniature – very small of its kind
Accomplished - Fulfilled
Exhibit – show or Reveal
Magnify - Enhance
Revitalise – Re Energise
Say true or false.
Ajay Garg is an artist.
Asha Devi taught Ajay the miniature painting. Ajay displayed 150 paintings. Ajay was awarded by the Indian president Dr. A.P.J.Abdul kalam. Answer the following questions.
What was Ajay gifted with?
How was he honoured? What did Ajay's current goal? Is Ajay's hobby become a successful career? How?
